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Housekeeping

Housekeeping

by Marilynne Robinson

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3.75 (4 reviews)
Pages
219

A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a...

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Ready Player One
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Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune.

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red13x

Mar 10th, 2018

A strange, but nice story, it didn’t end at all like I expected.

forline

Dec 31st, 2017

I may be the only person who did not love this...interesting but really I was left flat.

bryanoz

Jul 3rd, 2015

sanayhs

Jul 5th, 2014

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